Services must reflect what ‘people tell us they need’
Codesigned, evidence-based and integrated services are the key to using technology and innovative care models to improve the independence of...
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Tool helps social workers assess older people’s needs
Researchers from the Bolton Clarke Research Institute and University of Melbourne have developed a psycho-social assessment tool to help social...
Online resource promotes care excellence for diverse seniors
National aged care provider Bolton Clarke has launched the Inclusive Health and Ageing website to help drive aged care workers...
Bolton Clarke adds two new directors
Australia’s largest independent not-for-profit aged care provider Bolton Clarke has appointed two additional directors – Associate Professor Beverley Rowbotham and...
Initiatives help home care workers support people with dementia
Home care providers are moving to ensure their frontline workers are better equipped to provide care for people with dementia....
Aged care interventions target veterans
An aged care provider is offering a program where older people can create an e-book of their lives as part...
Study backs home-based wound care
Quality wound care that’s provided at home is just as effective as similar care provided in a specialist clinic, new...
Study finds missing link in HCP services
Older woman could be helped to live at home for longer if small ‘handyman’ tasks were included in the suite...
CEOs discuss strategic plans for 2020-21
Recent and ongoing events including bushfires, storms and the COVID-19 pandemic have stalled many strategic plans including developments, but others...
Provider works with health service to embed palliative care approach
Aged care provider Bolton Clarke is partnering with a Melbourne health service to increase awareness of and access to palliative...
Providers step up in COVID response
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has expressed concerns that older people may be suffering as a result of over-zealous COVID-19 restrictions,...
Treat clients like individuals, not tasks, researchers say
New research has highlighted the importance of home care workers treating their clients like individuals rather than a "task" and...